About the Author

Al
Smith, Jr. PMI-ACP,
Lean/6 Sigma Black Belt, CRISC, SCJP, CFT.
In addition to being an instructor, Al is a highly
experienced IT professional with REAL WORLD
experience developing and supporting
successful projects for
companies such as a GE Healthcare as a Sr. SOA Engineer, Costco
Wholesale as an Enterprise Architect consultant, CalAmp as a Director of
Engineering and providing Java/JEE consulting for
the
Office of Naval Research, SPAWAR and General Dynamics. He
is consistently recognized for using Lean, Agile and Six Sigma
to
improve IT organizations effectiveness
and efficiency. Having served in the US
Army, Al is comfortable with being a compassionate leader while
maintaining uncompromising standards of performance. By leveraging
skills as an Agile/Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt he has the experience
necessary to execute on value-driven initiatives while driving quality,
optimizing value streams and mentoring high performance teams to
increase the bottom line.

Vanina
Mangano PMP, PMI-RMP, PMI-SP, ITIL, Project+, is a subject
matter
expert in project management, risk management, and strategic
management. Over the past ten years, Vanina has worked with several
global technology companies as a senior contributor and leader and is
currently overseeing a project management office (PMO) at Microsoft. As
part of her contributions to the community, Vanina volunteers through
PMI, currently serving as a core committee member of the PMBOK Guide,
5th edition update project. Vanina holds a dual bachelors degree from
the University of California, Riverside, is a certified Project
Management Professional (PMP), PMI Risk Management Professional
(PMI-RMP), PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP), and CompTIA Project+.
She is the author of the PMP: Project Management Professional Exam
Review Guide, PMI Risk Management Professional Exam Study Guide, and
other project management related books and articles.

Our free PMI-ACP
Training site is designed to get you started in the right direction as
to
where you should focus your study efforts, and exactly what you need to
know to pass the exam.

When we began studying for the exam we purchased all 11 books,
and
later realized we only needed 4 of them. That isn’t to say that the
other 7 books weren’t of any value. They were—but reading the same
thing 7 different ways was really a waste of time. All the same, when
you have access to good material you don’t need to take 100’s of
practice questions to gage how much you know. Either you know the Agile
concepts or you don’t. Like Agile, we believe that “Less Is More!” Once
you learn the core values and principles behind being Agile the other
books simply reinforce the concepts through various perspectives and
scenarios. So in the spirit of operating Lean and removing waste we’ve
distilled the contents of all the recommended books into one source our:PMI Agile Certified Practitioner
(PMI-ACP) Exam Preparation Self-Study Courseware.

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Unlike the other PMI exams, the questions on the PMI-ACP exam
aren’t as
abstract. However, if you’re able to understand the abstraction of
Agile that ties all of the tools and techniques together you’ll easily
be able to pass the exam by focusing on the main tenants of Agile. So
when you study smarter, instead of harder, you don’t need to waste your
time reading all of the recommended books or taking “hundreds” of
practice questions.

Another
unique aspect about this courseware is that it’s written by an
experienced Lean IT Enterprise Architect and certified PMI project
manager. As founders of “The PM Instructors”, we’ve leveraged our
skills as technical trainers and REAL WORLD IT professionals to ensure
this courseware offers an in-depth look at Agile project management
from both a PMI and software development perspective--delivered in a
combination of lecture and hands-on learning format. This unique
combination allowed us to write the material from each of our
perspectives. As a result, it will help project managers and developers
that use this material to learn how to communicate and collaborate with
each other more effectively—long after you’ve passed your exam.